Boltless crossing.



Patented March '7, 1905.

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BOLTLESS CROSSIING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,189, dated March 7, 1905.

Application filed September 15, 1904. Serial No. 224,623.

To a7] whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J osnrn 81011, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful improvements in Railway-Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to railway-crossings, and its novelty, utility, and practical advantages will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating my novel crossing as the same appears when in use. Fig. 2 is a detail broken section illustrative of a part of the crossing as the said part appears precedent to the placing and securing of a rail therein, and Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which A A and B B are the rails of intersecting railways. The said. rails may be and preferably are of the conventional type, exceptthat they are provided in theedges of their bases (6 at intervals in their lengths with notches b for a purpose presently set forth.

O is a foundation, preferably though. not essentially of wood, disposed below the rails A and B at the intersection of the railways.

D is the body of my novel crossing, which is cast or otherwise suitably formed in one piece of metal, preferably steel. E E are spikes connecting the said body 1) and the foundation O, and F F are spikes connecting the body, rails, and foundation, and arranged to hold the rails against creeping or casual endwise movement.

The body 1) preferably comprises a rectangular central portion 0 and arms (1, extending from said portion 0, and it is provided in the upper sides of the portion 0 and arms (1 with alined channels (2 and f of a shape in crosssection to snugly receive the bases, the webs, and the lower portionsof the heads of the rails. Said body is also provided in the portion 0 and arms (I with vertical bores g, which I extend downwardly from the bottoms of the channels, and are designed to receive the spikes E, and it is further provided with vertical bores a, which extend down wardly from its upper portion at opposite sides of the channel and are designed to receive the spikes F.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the spikes E serve to connect the body l) and the foundation (I, while the spikes F connect the body and foundation and serve the additional function of holding the rails against creeping or casual endwise movement. This latter is due to the fact that the last-mentioned spikes extend through the notches 7/ in the rail-bases u, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l and full lines in Fig. 3.

.In the practical use of my novel crossing the body I) is spiked to the foundation O and the rails are placed end wise in the channels of the body, after which the spikes F are driven through the body and rail-bases and into the foundation. With this done, the body D will houseand support the rails and practically the crossing. It will also be observed that the support which the body 1) lends to the rails continuous and unbroken except at thepoints where the body is kerfed for the free passage of wheel-flanges, and, further, that the crossing includes no bolts, joints, or other parts such as are likely to be worked loose by the shock and jar incident to the passing of trains. In this latter connection it will be noticed that the rails rest over the spikes E, the heads of which are countersunk in the bottoms of the channels, Fig. 3, and consequently there is no liability of the said spikes workii'ig loose.

Notwithstanding the material practical advantages of which my novel crossing is pos sessed, it will be noted that the same is inexpensive and is calculated to facilitate rather than render dil'licult the construction of a railway-crossing.

I have entered into a detailed descriptioi'i of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts included in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a delinite understamling of the said embodiment. l do not desire, however, to be preclude accidents. incident to trains passing understood as confining myself to the said Specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a railway-crossing, the combination of the rails of intersecting railways, and a body formed in one piece and having channels shaped in conformity to and snugly receiving the bases, the webs and the lower portions of the heads of the rails.

2. In a railway-crossing, the combination of the rails of intersecting railways; said rails having notches in the edges of their bases at intervals in their lengths, a foundation, a body arranged on the foundation and having channels shaped in conformity to and snugly receiving the bases, the webs and the lower portions of the heads of the rails, and also having vertical bores disposed at opposite sides of the channels, and spikes extending through said bores and the notches in the rail-bases and into the foundation.

3. In a railway-crossing, the combination of the rails of intersecting railways, a foundation, a body arranged on the foundation and having channels shaped in conformity to and snugly receiving the bases, the webs and the lower portions of the heads of the rails, and

also having vertical bores extending downwardly from the bottoms of the channels, and spikes extending through said bores and into the foundation.

4. In a railway-crossing, the combination of the rails of intersecting railways; said rails having notches in the edges of their bases at intervals in their lengths, a foundation, a body arranged on the foundation and having channels shaped in conformity to and snugly receiving the rails and also having vertical bores disposed at opposite sides of the channels,

and vertical bores extendingdownwardly from the bottoms of the channels, spikesextending through the first-mentioned bores and the notches in the rails and into the foundation, and spikes extending through the secondmentioned bores and into the foundation. v

5. The combination of a foundation, a rail, a body having a channel shaped in conformity to and receiving the lower portion of the rail and also having a bore or aperture extending downwardly from the bottom of the channel, and a connecting device disposed in said bore or aperture and the foundation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH STOLZ. \Vitnesses:

EDWARD TOLTZER, PAUL BACHELIER. 

